Sprint Official OS for BlackBerry Style 9670 and Tour 9630 Updated

Sprint has released two new official OS updates for their BlackBerrys. The latest BlackBerry Style 9670 was upgraded to OS 6.0.0.407 and the forgotten BlackBerry Tour 9630 received OS 5.0.0.1030 which is a nice bump. The BlackBerry Style OS was spotted leaked before but this is the first I have heard of the updated Tour OS. Thanks to Jonathan for the tip and the BBLeaks team for spotting these.

Warning: This OS will not install on any other BlackBerry besides the one mentioned above. Don’t forget to delete the vendor.xml file located in c:program files>common files>research in motion>apploader to install it on a different carriers device. If you do not know how to upgrade your BlackBerry OS please start by reading this step by step guide.

For Tour owners – After 36 hours. Faster browser, snappier response all around, no random reboots. Battery life has been stable and Radio is allowing me to get service in my office at work (usually have no service). Boot time in 5 min 29 seconds. Only oddity is Memo pad is missing. But that’s an easy fix!

I was just looking at the official Sprint releases last night and contemplating whether I wanted to go to 5.0.0.1030 or the 6.0.0.31 hybrid, as mine is on 5.0.0.643 and I have some serious battery issues.

I just really want the webkit browser. Do you know if the 6.0 hybrid they made for the Tour has the 5.0 browser or if it is the better webkit browser? I would welcome a slower phone if I got the newer browser :-p

I know they can used the Radio and certain files for the hybrids, but webkit (to my knowledge), can only be used on phones that can handle OS 6. So that would leave out the 9630. If you want a better browser, use Opera

I upgraded, and maybe I’m just doing something wrong, but when I update to a new OS build, I always end up turning it into a 3 hour process. First, it takes ~1 hour for the update, then all my non-native applications have to be reconfigured and I have to accept EULAs all over again. I even had to setup the BlackBerry News Feeds again! Is this by design, or is there a way to carry over all add-on and third-party app settings during an update?

This is indeed a nice bump for us Tour forgotten. I seem to always end up running Sprint OS on my Tour even though it’s Verizon, since Verizon takes FOREVER to put out updates and despite all their high fallutin’ testing their releases have yet to be any better IMHO than what Sprint gets out the door quickly.